tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75223035526616213972024-03-27T07:15:59.756+02:00Multimedia WritingThe content on this blog is produced by students in JRMC 202 :: Multimedia Writing at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Professor Kim Fox teaches the course.AUC Multimediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857644363123082722noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522303552661621397.post-89978113691008243442017-12-11T22:46:00.002+02:002017-12-11T23:25:47.890+02:00Fall 2017 Covering an Event Assignment at AUC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For Fall 2017, students in the Multimedia Writing course covered many events on <a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/" target="_blank">The American University in Cairo</a> (AUC) campus.<br />
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This is a required course for all majors in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (<a href="https://twitter.com/AUCJRMC" target="_blank">JRMC</a>).<br />
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For this assignment the students worked in small groups to produce<br />
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<li>live tweets with photos and video</li>
<li>an article</li>
<li>photo essay</li>
<li>short video</li>
<li>audio clips and interviews</li>
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We used Adobe Spark to produce the web pages.<br />
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<b>Here is the list of the events covered:</b><br />
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<i>On Sunday, October 22, 2017</i><br />
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<li><a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/z9RHJiPG1sk2a/" target="_blank">Conference in AUC Reveals How Social Media Shapes Politics</a></li>
<li><a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/XqiPdEl8NsWXJ/" target="_blank">The Future of Traditional Journalism in Egypt</a></li>
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<i>On Sunday, October 29, 2017</i><br />
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<li><a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/eDgW71xQGuxEW/" target="_blank">Chi-La-I-Li Wa-Chi-Wi Brings Native American Culture to Cairo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/EEDzaBMUcZcQk/" target="_blank">Tips for Inclusive Teaching</a></li>
<li><a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/V1n6mPYVCUJ6A/" target="_blank">The Future of Graduates in the World of Tech-based Corporations</a></li>
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<i>On Monday, October 30, 2017</i><br />
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<li><a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/kHS3DEfRISV9g/" target="_blank">Discussion with La Totfea El Shams Cast</a></li>
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<i>On Monday, November 6, 2017</i><br />
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<li><a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/IbpT1l3Rgp3Na/" target="_blank">Seeking Change Through Promoting Global Citizenship Education</a></li>
<li><a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/KnHl1G4votRgG/" target="_blank">Global Citizenship and Its Importance in Promoting Education for an Entire Generation</a></li>
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ohradiogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948342912651290167noreply@blogger.com94tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522303552661621397.post-45541989325472643052017-08-30T00:58:00.001+02:002017-08-30T18:44:54.117+02:00Spring 2017 Covering an Event Assignment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For Spring 2017, students in the Multimedia Writing course covered many events on <a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/" target="_blank">The American University in Cairo</a> (AUC) campus.<br />
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This is a required course for all majors in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (<a href="https://twitter.com/AUCJRMC" target="_blank">JRMC</a>).<br />
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We used Adobe Spark to produce the web pages.<br />
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Here is the list of the events covered:<br />
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On Wednesday, March, 22, 2017 <br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/AyT7L02RVXHAy/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Ambassador of South Korea Discusses Relationship with Middle East In a Visit to AUC Campus</span></a><br />
By Hanah Gemei, Selim Abo Mosallam and Emily John<br />
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On Thursday, March 23, 2017<br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/27NCEXaNvX4ze/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Stepping Into The Future: Using Social Media In The Classroom</span></a><br />
By Malak Abdelnabi, Nada Gabra and Nour Assil<br />
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On Wednesday, March 29, 2017<br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/Nu66LFuQCUNwS/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">The 2011 Egyptian Revolution: A Step Forward for Women?</span></a><br />
By Alaa Mahmoud, Mariam Elhouchy and Samar Ahmed<br />
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On Wednesday, March 29, 2017<br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/BJSfkV5Zdaggz/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Next Generation Egyptian Journalists Urge Action to Tackle Egypt's Biggest Issues </span></a><br />
By Nada El Damaty, Nada Nour and Yassin Montasser<br />
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On Thursday, March 30, 2017<br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/S5VZHXvMStq5O/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">A Lecture on Occupation Sparks a Heated Debate Between the Attendees and Lecturer</span></a><br />
By Menna Eid, Yousef Eissa and Sara Omar<br />
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On Sunday, April 2, 2017<br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/FDeyBfN3BzLsO/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Documentary Screening and Discussion of the State of Autistic Children and Their Mothers in Egypt</span></a><br />
By Maged Mekawy and Merhan El Aramany<br />
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On Monday, April 3, 2017<br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/m5Ms3wFYv9t40/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Five Novel Writing No-Nos</span></a><br />
By Nada Maswouf, Hanan Rashawn and Karam Fakhouri<br />
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AUC Multimediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857644363123082722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522303552661621397.post-24612294693148871872016-11-23T00:42:00.001+02:002016-11-23T00:57:17.684+02:00Fall 2016 Covering an Event Assignment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For Fall 2016, students in the Multimedia Writing course covered many events on The American University in Cairo (AUC) campus.<br />
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We used Adobe Spark to produce the web pages.<br />
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Here is the list of the events covered:<br />
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On Tuesday, Nov. 1<br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/mDl3NSsjttQpb/" target="_blank">Makeup Workshop in AUC Reveals Beauty Tips</a><br />
By Danah AlAnsari, Farida Kamal, Haidy Haitham and Yomna Abdelnasser<br />
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On Monday, Nov. 7<br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/iaXxe8qsueCcU/" target="_blank">Directing Askar wa-Harameyya: A Professor's Experience</a><br />
By Doaa Abdelghany, Mayar Magdy and Rania Yehia<br />
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On Wednesday, Nov. 9<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/AUCfees16" target="_blank">The University Forum on Student Tuition</a><br />
By Mariam Seif, Reem Mohamed and Hanien Gaballah<br />
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On Saturday, Nov. 12<br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/fWoHPVtbMCxvk/" target="_blank">Heated Discussion Breaks Out at Cairo Streets and Stories Event</a><br />
By Lama Ibrahim, Kareem Ragheb and Kirillos Samuel<br />
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On Wednesday, Nov. 16<br />
<a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/NjTjmUxvftA7a/" target="_blank">Egyptian Superheroes That No Longer Need to Fly</a><br />
By Leila Nassar, Yasmine Ayoub and Yara El-Fayoumi<br />
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On Sunday, Nov. 20<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/MediaEduGap" target="_blank">Bridging the Gap Between Media Education and the Industry</a><br />
By Mayar El Zanty, Jackline Said and Farha Tomoum</div>
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By Danah Al-Ansari, Haidy Haitham, Farida Kamel, and Yomna Abdelnasser.<br />
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Professional Makeup Artist Iman Oraby held a workshop on Tuesday, November 3, from 2:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M., at the American University in Cairo. The workshop aimed to teach the attendees makeup application methods and skills.<br />
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Iman Oraby started discussing and explaining makeup techniques at the beginning of the workshop. Then, Oraby started to apply makeup on her model, Hana El-Badrawy. The attendees followed step by step by drawing with real makeup on their canvas that Oraby provided, as a way for them to practice what they have learned.</div>
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"The more you practice, the more you master applying makeup." said Oraby.<br />
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According to Gina ElSagheer, one of the participants, "Iman has a makeup application that showcases her makeup tutorials, but, it is
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We covered this makeup event, as it was
so interesting to see a fun and unique workshop take place at AUC. The workshop was very interactive and the participants were very interested. Also, we interviewed Oraby after the workshop and inquired about her makeup passion. She mentioned the impact of social media on her profession. "Media is a massive influence, it is
what I use as a marketing tool, and everything is done by social media. It is
how I have an interactive relationship with my client,” said Oraby.</div>
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Students in JRMC 2202 Multimedia Writing at <a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/Pages/default.aspx">The American University in Cairo</a> were required to produce digital portfolios of the work they completed in the course.<br />
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Each portfolio should have at least the following components:<br />
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<li>Home page</li>
<li>Twitter Scavenger Hunt (TSH)</li>
<li>Interview</li>
<li>Photo Essay</li>
<li>Infographic</li>
<li>Covering an Event</li>
<li>About/contact page</li>
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Students use <a href="http://www.weebly.com/">Weebly</a> to complete their portfolios. This decision was made <a href="http://jrmcmultimediawriting.blogspot.com.eg/2014_05_01_archive.html" target="_blank">in 2014</a> after determining the ease of use in building a website via the Weebly platform. The drag and drop component is super simple. The best part is that the end result has the potential to be organized and professional.<br />
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Students were given some time in class to work on the portfolios along with feedback.</div>
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This course is one of two media writing core courses for the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.<br />
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The goal of the portfolio:<br />
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<li>It should be error free because it is a showcase of their work to share for prospective internship or job opportunities.</li>
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Students should also be proud to display their body of work from the course in a public platform and in a professional manner.<br />
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This semester I taught two sections of this course. Here are the students' digital portfolios:<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 16.8px;"><br /></span>
<b>Multimedia Writing Section 1</b><br />
<a href="http://mabdellatif95.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Mahmoud</a><br />
<a href="http://alqammari.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Moataz</a><br />
<a href="http://kenzibahgat-multimediaportfolio.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Kenzi</a><br />
<a href="http://faridaelsersawi.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Farida</a><br />
<a href="http://lobnaelshirbiny.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Lobna</a><br />
<a href="http://alaaeldiriniportfolio.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Alaa</a><br />
<a href="http://laylaghaleb.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Layla</a><br />
<a href="http://farrahhetatajrmc202.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Farrah</a><br />
<a href="http://habibahany.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Habiba</a><br />
<a href="http://mariamelgammal.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Mariam</a><br />
<a href="http://the-refai-portfolio.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Ahmed</a><br />
<a href="http://aliasallam.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Alia</a><br />
<a href="http://yehiashaalan.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Yehia</a><br />
<a href="http://freedomreporter.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Youssef</a><br />
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<b>Multimedia Writing Section 2</b><br />
<a href="http://daliamultimediaportfolio.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Dalia</a><br />
<a href="http://monicaayad.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Monica</a><br />
<a href="http://daniellabanna.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Daniella</a><br />
<a href="http://saraelaraby.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Sara</a><br />
<a href="http://samiaelkhodary.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Samia</a><br />
<a href="http://nadaehab7.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Nada</a><br />
<a href="http://nouranibrahim.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Nouran</a><br />
<a href="http://my202portfolio.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Christina</a><br />
<a href="http://nadineramadan.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Nadine</a><br />
<a href="http://jrmc2202portolio.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Hussein</a><br />
<a href="http://nehalsharaf.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Nehal</a><br />
<a href="http://nourashibl.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Noura</a><br />
<a href="http://farahzalat.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Farah</a><br />
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ohradiogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06948342912651290167noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522303552661621397.post-7139850636296185192015-11-11T22:03:00.000+02:002015-11-11T22:03:31.313+02:00‘BRICS’: The Rising Global Powers<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“It is an economic grouping that has gone beyond its economic mandate and is becoming increasingly sociopolitical on the world stage,” said Al Atraqchi. He also mentioned the changes in the world order and the functions of the already existing organizations such as the</span><a href="http://www.un.org/en/sc/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">United Nations Security Council</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After anxiously waiting for an hour, the event commenced with a screening of the hit series </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">‘Taht el Saytara’s </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">trailer for a hall packed with </span><a href="http://new.aucegypt.edu/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AUC</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> students. The guests, Naoum and Awad, made their entrance as the trailer came to an end. AUC CIMAL graduate advisor May Seoud then started the discussion with the two guests. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522303552661621397.post-30337483433115180872015-11-11T13:22:00.000+02:002015-11-11T14:12:10.665+02:00Mentor-ship: The key to SuccessBy Farrah Hetata, Layla Ghalleb, and Mariam El Gammal
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this culture as yet. But I have to say that I am so proud of the number of the
Egyptian universities who actually managed to build bridges and partnership
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witnessed its second tattoo convention over the weekend at The Tipsy Teapot in
Ma’adi. The event, held on November 6-7, from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m., welcomed over
400 attendees to its venue for the sharing of body art. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to the official <a href="http://www.cairotattooconvention.com/">Cairo Tattoo
Convention</a> website, the convention was created in conjunction with the</span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.cairotattooconvention.com/nowhereland-tattoo-project-the-story/"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Nowhereland Tattoo
Project </span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">, where founder <a href="http://www.cairotattooconvention.com/performer/ornegil/">Orne Gil</a> set
out to “to bring the art of tattoo (to) countries – mainly in the Middle East –
where it has been limited”. To bring like-minded individuals together, Gil partnered
with fellow artist and photojournalist <a href="http://www.inesdellavalle.com/">Ines
Della Valle</a> to bring her vision to life. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Valle,
who had witnessed and documented the January 25th Revolution, and Gil reached
out to artists, both local and foreign, to bring visibility to the underground
art form. As a result, 20 local and international artists, composed of
tattooers, piercers, and temporary body painters, gathered to provide a site
for body art culture: artists were able to display their personal previous
works, and worked on new tattoos for people that attended the convention.</span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
taboo of tattoos has kept the art mostly in the shadows, but that has recently
started to change. According to Gil, the “tattoo culture (started) to move
since more or less 3 years…(while) there were some artists that were working
already, (it) was more exclusive…I think Cairo is ready for this.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has been witnessing the rise of the tattoo art form, with about 70% of those
who attended being local Egyptians, and welcoming over 12 more artists to the
convention compared to the previous year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tattoo regular and convention attendee, Ahmed Talaat, was “shocked by the
number of tattoo designers” and people at the event, and believes that Egypt
should focus on more pressing issues rather than “being strict about a design…
on my own skin”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Talaat’s
belief is slowly becoming the norm in the city. With the slow change in the taboo
of tattoo, there is hope to embrace modern ideals, accept all art forms, and provide
venues for self expression to everyone. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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By Nehal Sharaf, Nadine Ramadan and Daniella Banna
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><a href="http://www.caps.aucegypt.edu/ef/fall2015/agenda.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fall 2015 Employment Fair</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, organized by the Career Advising and Placement Services office (CAPS) took place at American University in Cairo on Nov. 7, 2015 to provide students and alumni various career opportunities.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There were 76 organizations present at the </span><a href="http://www.caps.aucegypt.edu/ef/fall2015/companies.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fair</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. According to Malak Saleh, one of the event’s organizers, the CAPS office sends out invitations to various companies in which they respond to pay and partake in the Fair. Even though the Employment Fair changes every year, there are companies that are usually participating at the Fair. Maha El Moslemany, manager of Recruitment and Employer Relations stated “the recurring companies present at the Fair are a reflection of what’s in the job market.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the Fair, students approach companies, introduce themselves regarding their majors, their area of interest and share their CV’s with companies. Even though students and alumni came ready with their printed CV’s, they were not accepted by many of the companies such as Coca Cola, </span><a href="https://www.mobinil.com/en/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mobinil</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Procter and Gamble and the American Embassy. These companies asked for CV’s to be submitted online.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After speaking with Mobinil and </span><a href="http://www.unileverme.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unilever</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> about what characteristics they look for when hiring employees, Mobinil’s Human Resources supervisor, Nancy Wahba stated that they look for someone who is friendly and dynamic. Whereas, Karim Kandil, the Manufacturing Excellence manager for Unilever Factories stated “they look for candidates with soft skills, such as leadership and team building and people with technical skills.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A couple of attendees were unsatisfied due to the Employment Fair lacking in variety of companies, such as NGO’s. Lydia Matta who minored in Community Development and Organizing, was hoping to find an opportunity available at the Fair regarding this field, however, she expressed to us how disappointed she was with the Fair’s lack of choices in NGO’s. Attendees with a business background expressed the most satisfaction due to numerous opportunities provided by the present companies. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The author of the bestselling Arabic novel “Utopia” talked about the rewarding nature of writing for the Egyptian youth and how issues in the country influenced him to write in the horror genre. Writing for the young generation allowed him to use supernatural elements, like zombies and vampires, in tackling psychological issues. He believes that our problems start to become much less terrifying in comparison to the horrific things we read about in horror stories.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Utopia,” released in Arabic in 2009, dealt with social and political issues in Egypt, issues that led to the 25</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">th</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of January revolution. Predicting a chaotic revolution in his novel, Towfik was surprised by how peaceful and well organized the 2011 revolution was. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522303552661621397.post-33393532362505317422015-11-05T17:54:00.000+02:002015-11-05T17:54:00.331+02:00Egyptian TV presenter, Ramy Radwan: I’ll quit if I’m ever forced to give up my principles!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The two social media related courses at The American University in Cairo (AUC): JRMC 4490 Social Media Management (#JRMCSMM) taught by Professor Kim Fox from <a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/GAPP/jrmc/Pages/default.aspx">The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication</a> and RHET 3250 Digital Rhetoric (#AUCnow) taught by Juleen Keevy from <a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/rhet/Pages/default.aspx">The Department of Rhetoric and Composition</a> co-organized the event. <br />
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The conference hosted several speakers including Sarrah Abdelrahman, an AUC alumna, who graduated with two degrees, Theatre and Journalism and Mass Communications. Abdelrahman is known on Twitter as <a href="https://twitter.com/sarrahsworld">@Sarrahsworld</a>. Rami Boraie was also a speaker. He is a standup comedian and a social media and advertising creative. He is <a href="https://twitter.com/ramsville">@ramsville</a> on Twitter. Abdelrahman and Boraie presented their experiences concerning social media in the last hour of the conference.<br />
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Abdelrahman is the second female video blogger from the Arab world. She started her first video on YouTube focusing on the issue of sexual harassment right after the Jan.25, 2011 Revolution.<br />
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After receiving many offensive and negative comments, Abdelrahman decided to suspend activity on her YouTube channel which has been inactive for the past two years.<br />
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Following Abdelrahman, Boraie presented his talk ‘Don’t take social media personally’. He added that some of the negative comments might actually be constructive comments that could be helpful. He said, “Sometimes haters are just people who are correcting you.”<br />
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Boraie also noted that people should only focus on one media channel to be good at, “Know your channels because people who try to be really good on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, end up average in all,” he said. Boraie referred to his Instagram account as his 'safe haven' and private time.<br />
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In an interview with Abdelrahman following the conference she mentioned that she chose her first topic, sexual harassment, because it bothers her on a daily basis more than any other social problem. <br />
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In an interview with Boraie after his speech, he elaborated on his opinions about the impact of social media on people nowadays. He said that now you can know people’s feelings, beliefs, and interests just by checking what they follow and what they like. <br />
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According to Kanzy Mahmoud, a Journalism major attendee, "I never knew how social media is so powerful that you can start up your career, and that through social media you can brand yourself."<br />
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Over 100 people attended the conference throughout the day, which featured blogger Mahmoud Salem as the keynote speaker. The conference, #aucsmc, had more than 400 hits on the day of the event.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On Tuesday, March 31, Mahmoud Salem, a renowned <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandmonkey.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE-8lNaoU3Pg1t8PnuNpWKHVkyJOg" target="_blank">blogger</a> also known as <a href="https://twitter.com/sandmonkey" target="_blank">Sandmonkey</a>, talked about the negative effects of social media on society at the <a href="https://aucsmc.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Social Media Conference</a> at <a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">The American University in Cairo</a>. “Most importantly, how social media, to be dramatic, will destroy your life,” said Salem at his session titled, “All The Roads Lead to This.” As the keynote speaker, he spoke to a large audience of media students, professors and interested visitors. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Salem asked, “What is social about social media anyway?” Social media improves connectedness and linkability, but it also “disrupts the natural social order of things.” It has managed to destroy the concept of leaders. There used to be respect for leaders, like Winston Churchill, but today, Salem reflected, if a political figure sneezes during a speech, people would upload a YouTube video of it which would eventually go viral, make remixes of the sneeze on Soundcloud, and create a hashtag called “The sneeze.” </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Social media is a disconnected way of dealing with people, “It gives you a way not to really talk to people, but you make announcements,” he explained. For example, Twitter has improved communication by setting a certain character limit. He confessed, “It became really annoying when people call me on the phone now.” </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Salem currently manages his own digital marketing company. He is most well-known for his blog and tweets under the pseudonym: Sandmonkey. He had managed to write anonymously online between 2006 and 2011 until he decided to uncover who he was in February 2011. </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> In an interview after the session (for the full interview: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/mai-m-18/mahmoud-salem-sandmonkey-social-media-conference-at-auc" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a>), Salem said social media is important to “put things into perspective” for users. He had stopped blogging for a while, but he blogs when “things get interesting again.” On his motive, he said, “ The only way for me to deal with the miseries of the world actually, in order not to go insane, is by making it funny.”
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CAIRO- Internationally recognized scholar, psychologist and author, </span><a href="https://psychology.stanford.edu/sites/all/files/imagecache/profile_full/photos/Phil2.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Philip Zimbardo</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, g</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ave a lecture at the</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">American University in Cairo</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (AUC) on Monday, March 9. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zimbardo, 81, is a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He became known for the </span><a href="http://www.prisonexp.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stanford prison experiment</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and since then, became an author of many books </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">including </span><a href="http://www.lucifereffect.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Lucifer Effect</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="http://www.thetimeparadox.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Time Paradox</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which he discussed in his lecture under the title, “</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Secret Power of Time to Influence our Decisions and Impact National Destinies."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The study of time perspective investigates how the human experience is dispersed over different categories and time frames of the past, present, and future. According to Zimbardo, “Your time perspective is the most important thing about you.” He explained how one’s time perspective is even more important than their personality and the way in which it shapes their behavior. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zimbardo believes that time perspective is easy for anyone to understand. He made that clear by saying that “People from any education can understand time perspective.” Mariam El Sawy, a student of the </span><a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/huss/sape/Pages/default.aspx" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SAPE Department</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at AUC believes that, “Understanding time perspective and psychology, makes you understand life, yourself and the people around you in a better way.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An individual’s time perspective is so important it “can influence therapy,” according to Zimbardo. Dina Hassan, psychologist, and AUC alumni said, “I have a lot of patients with </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttraumatic_stress_disorder" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PTSD</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and I think I </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">should apply methods of time perspective to my therapy.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The psychology unit at AUC, nominated Dr. Zimbardo as a Distinguished Visiting Professor for the SAPE Department. He communicated his work to his audience via intriguing and active presentation slides, that were full of bright images and funny videos. The 225-seat Mansour Lecture Hall at AUC was overpacked with excited students, faculty and attendees. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is the second lecture for Zimbardo at AUC . He gave a lecture on Sunday, March 8, at the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.0799999237061px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tahrir campus</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> under the title "My Journey from Creating Evil to Inspiring Heroism." According to Hassan, Zimbardo has the ability to “take something that could otherwise be very bland and make it interesting.” </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cairo, Egypt - The Cairo Fashion Festival returned for a third season on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 at the Cairo Festival City Mall in New Cairo. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Cairo Fashion Festival takes place every year with the purpose of shining more light on the field of fashion in Egypt: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"If Cairo was once a fashion capital then why can't we bring it back?" says Omar Madkour, founder of the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1483057265313910/?ref=br_tf" style="line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cairo Fashion Festival on the official Facebook event page</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">This year, the fashion festival included 15 runway shows featuring designers from Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Jordan. International brand names like U.S Polo and Levi’s were also represented. The runway shows were hosted by actors Ashraf Hamdi and Amina Khalil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The festival was not only about runway shows and exhibitions but also included live music: Screwdriver, a live band, also provided entertainment for the guests. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The runway show was only accessible to about 400 guests with an invitation or press pass. The selected fashion-lovers gave the event a lively and extravagant vibe. According to Nayrouz Abouzid, editor-in-chief of </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlterEgo.Mag" style="line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alter Ego Magazine</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and one of the PR managers of the event, the guest list included fashion enthusiasts as well as diplomats from the Mexican and Swiss Embassies who attended the event ‘’to really monitor and see what the fashion scene is like.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Abouzid also believes that the role of her PR company is to </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">make sure that the international media and the regional media are aware that Cairo is a fashion capital and is becoming more and more so with time.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One Egyptian fashion designer in particular got extra attention from the media as she was part of the London Fashion Week. Farida Temraz, an AUC graduate, received an honorary award for her outstanding work in London as she successfully showcased her new collection there. Temraz said that she’s</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">very proud of all the Egyptian designers [who participated]’’ in the event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cairo, Egypt - <a href="http://www.socsci.uci.edu/files/profiles/cvs/kpnorman_325798.pdf" target="_blank">Kelsey P. Norman</a>,</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a doctoral candidate at The University of California, Irvine, gave a seminar on migration and citizenship on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at The American University in Cairo, AUC, to discuss the treatment towards migrants and refugees in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522303552661621397.post-43132888025940944442014-06-27T18:59:00.000+02:002014-07-02T17:09:35.171+02:00Access To Knowledge For Development Workshop: The Networked Public Sphere and Civic Engagement, Reflections on Egypt and TunisiaBy: Heba Alam El-Din, Refan AbdelNabi, Sarah Abaza and Toleen Mohammad AlJobeh<br />
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Access to Knowledge for Development (<a href="http://www.aucegypt.edu/Business/A2K4D/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">A2K4D</span></a>) held its fourth annual workshop on Monday, June 16, 2014 and began its second session at 11 a.m. The session expanded on developing a better understanding of the role of public network sphere. The speakers: <a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/rfaris" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Rob Faris</span></a>, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jazem" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Jazem Halioui</span></a>, <a href="http://www.tunisia-live.net/whoswho/fares-mabrouk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Fares Mabrouk</span></a>, and <a href="http://www.madamasr.com/content/lina-attalah" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Lina Attalah</span></a> elaborated on how different activities are taking place in research.</div>
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We’re considered to be in the era of mobilization and social networking. Mobilizing over a cause raises the question of “whether the cause is a progressive or a regressive cause, so you can mobilize to support, for example, a regressive legislation.” Said Attalah, chief editor at <a href="http://www.madamasr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Mada Masr</span></a>.</div>
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For example, you can rally for a leader to use violence against citizens, which is a negative utilization. Progressive mobilization aims to things such as a regime change.</div>
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Mabrouk, from the Arab Policy Institute in Tunisia, emphasized on the reasons why people mobilize and a large-scale example is the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions. So mobilization is an act that doesn’t have a value judgment in and of itself. The cause is what matches what you’re mobilizing over. Mabrouk also highlighted that we need to understand how collective actions are organized online and offline.</div>
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The government and other forms of authority are naturally intimidated by the power social media has given the people. This is where civic engagement comes into life.</div>
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The people form a community that is capable of discussing and collaborating to create needed social change to improve. These powerful institutes have trouble infusing their strength on online spaces because they tend to support citizens.</div>
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The way Internet and mobility are approached has improved because of sociology, “which relates to how the mobility in the Egyptian society, you can find many things but (not) up-to-date in globalization.” Said Dr. Nouran Fouad Ahmed, director of copyrights office in relation with the Ministry of Culture in Egypt.</div>
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If the authorities managed to control these spaces eventually, it is by trying to crack the system as it exists. States now are using Facebook to, somehow, control their citizens, which is a regression.</div>
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Creating a Facebook page for a certain cause, people who see the posts or comments on a group tend to take these insights in as their own opinions, then others start mimicking them.</div>
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There is a responsibility, both as a mobilizer and as a journalist, to distinguish between narrative and fact. “The questions is: how to transform this information into a narrative that is supportive to your cause. This is when, not necessarily the issue is opinionating, the issue is rather, how you become convincing through turning information into narrative so it is a different story.” Attalah explained.</div>
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This slideshow is composed of the live-tweets that were tweeted live during the session.
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